8 songs to remember this week’s news: ‘Stellar’ discovery of water ice on Pluto, West Philly asks Brian Sims ‘who is it’?

Philly state Rep. Brian Sims announced he would challenge Chaka Fattah for his U.S. congressional seat and on campus at the Community College of Philadelphia, a gun scare caught the attention of many Philadelphians. Also, more porny emails. Billy Penn recaps these stories and more and combines them with music as part of the #BillyPennPlaylist.

“Education,” Modest Mouse

The kids went on strike…again. To stand in solidarity with their teachers, they left class and demonstrated against cuts to education funding on Thursday.

The city of Philadelphia went into a frenzy after a threat of a firearm on campus at Philadelphia Community College Tuesday. The gun wasn’t there. Turns out the Philly police get something like 100 calls for weapon threats every day.

“Never Enough,” Eminem

Was Pope In Philly a bust for area businesses? City controller Alan Butkovitz says so. He released a report Thursday showing that around 80 percent of the 100-plus Center City businesses he surveyed were falling short of September projections because of that weekend.